IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zahl
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89ND023077
  • User Pedon ID: 89ND023077
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0544
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61646
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 48.6936111
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0413889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1180 feet W and 600 feet N of the SE corner of Section 7, T.160N., R.103W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND023—Divide
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND023—Divide County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zahl
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 61
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—15

    15—64

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    45

    0

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03040; moist when described;
    Bk1—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10YR (10YR) organic stains; 10 percent medium spherical very pale brown (10YR 8/2) lime masses; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bk2—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine faint and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint and 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; distinct clay films; 25 percent coarse spherical noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) lime masses; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. (10YR 8/1) CaCO3—dry color,
    C1—64 to 117 centimeters (25.2 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 1 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;. gypsum crystals, lignite chips
    C2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 5 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) fine faint and 5 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine faint mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.; moist when described;. gypsum crystals, lignite chips